Strategic Project Lead (Financial Services)

Strategic Project Lead (Financial Services) at Halluminate (S25) $150K - $200K  •  0.50% - 1.00% Data and RL environments to automate knowledge work San Francisco, CA, US Full-time US citizen/visa only 3+ years About Halluminate Halluminate is an applied AI and data company working with frontier Labs to train Financial Services Super Intelligence. We do this by building high quality computer and tool-use RL (Reinforcement Learning) gyms to train AI agents that do work across financial services verticals. (ex. excel modeling, powerpoint creation and more in Investment Banking, Private Equity, Hedge Funds, etc.) About the role Halluminate is looking to hire a Strategic Projects Lead (focused in Financial Services) to own and lead the development of frontier training gyms for finance verticals. Ideal candidates include former IB/PE analysts or associates with deep interest/expertise in AI/ML fields. The responsibilities of this role include: Helping the team define and prioritize training gym roadmap based on real world IB/PE experiences Build end to end systems and processes from scratch to support $MMs in revenue production this year Own delivery and quality criteria for data/environments shipped to customers Recruit and train our contractor finance staff Creating "training materials" for AI systems (ex. modeling exercises, powerpoints, etc.) Working with frontier engineering/research teams to implement and deliver training gyms Necessary Skills Include: Attention to detail Organization and ability to own deadlines Management skills to train and lead teams Ability to learn deeply technical concepts in machine learning, AI, data, and engineering Exceptional ability in core finance workflows across powerpoint and Excel Ability to build or learn how to build platforms using “Vibe Coding” tools (ex. v0, Cursor, Lovable) Nice To Have: Experience working with model training companies Experience managing data sourcing Connections in the finance industry Experience with startups